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The article reviews several books including "Pedagogy and the University," by Monica McLean, and "The Enquiring University: Compliance and Contestation in Higher Education," by Stephen Rowland.

Reviews three books on higher education. 'Liberating Knowledge: Research, Feminism and Adult Education,' by Jean Barr; 'Students Writing in the University. Cultural and Epistemological Issues,' edited by Carys Jones, Joan Turner and Brian Street; 'Student Writing in Higher Education. New Contexts,' edited by Mary R. Lea and Barry Stierer.

Reviews the book `Speaking From Memory: The Study of Autobiographical Discourse,' by Harold Rosen.

Reviews the book 'Women, Research and Careers,' edited by Sue Hatt, Julie Kent and Carolyn Britton.

Reviews several books on educational research. 'Assessing Children's Mathematical Knowledge: Social class, Sex, and Problem Solving,' edited by Barry Copper and Mairead Dunne; 'Researching Children's Perspectives,' edited by Ann Lewis and Geoff Lindsay; 'Race and Higher Education,' edited by Tariq Modood and Tony Acland.

Books reviewed: Eric Ives, Diane Drummond and Leonard Schwarz, The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880–1980: An Introductory History . David Coulby, Beyond the National Curriculum: Curricular Centralism and Cultural Diversity in Europe and the USA . John Haldane (ed), Philosophy and Public Affairs . Basil Bernstein, Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity: Theory, Research, Critique . Margaret J. McLaughlin and Martyn Rouse (eds), Special Education and School Reform in the United States and Britain . R. Mahalingam and C. McCarthy (eds), Multicultural Curriculum – New Directions for Social Theory, Practice and Policy . Martin Hughes, Charles Desforges, Christine Mitchell and Clive Carre, Numeracy and Beyond: Applying Mathematics in the Primary School . Jon Davison and John Moss, Issues in English Teaching . Robert Graham, Taking Each Other Seriously: Experiences in Learning and Teaching . John Retallick, Barry Cocklin and Kennece Coombe (eds), Learning Communities in Education . John Smyth, Alastair Dow, Robert Hattam, Alan Reid and Geoffrey Shacklock, Teachers' Work in a Globalizing Economy . Peter McLaren, Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, and the Pedagogy of Revolution . Ann Filer and Andrew Pollard, The Social World of Pupil Assessment . D.C. Phillips and Nicholas C. Burbules, Post-positivism and Educational Research . Britt-Marie Berge with Hildur Ve, Action Research for Gender Equity . David Coulby, Robert Cowen and Crispin Jones (ed), Education in Times of Transition . Mark Halstead and Terence McLaughlin (eds), Education in Morality [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]